Tag Archives: priest
05
Aug
Revelation: Laodicea, Choose Heavenly Garments
Revelation 3:18b …and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen…
Jesus is recommending “white garments”. This is a priestly garment. The term for garment in the Greek is ἱμάτιον/himation. The garment is a long flowing outer tunic, cloak, or robe (Strong’s...
04
Mar
Revelation: Sardis, A Victorious Priest
Revelation 3:5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
The one who conquers… This is the Greek verb νικαο/nikao. It is a term for a...
04
Feb
Revelation: Sardis, Keep Your Clothes
Revelation 3:3b …If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
This phrase would have a special meaning to priests who stood watch at the Jewish Temple. The night watch was divided into three groups....
15
Dec
Birth of Jesus: City of Bethlehem, Address Migdal Eder
Author: Paul Lehr
Micah 4:8 As for you, tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come— even the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
Many believe this is the location and address of the birth of Jesus Christ. The address...
24
Oct
Feast of Tabernacles: Priests Perform Water Libation Ceremony
Author: Paul Lehr
Feast of Tabernacles, 2016 (5777)
Jews sing Isaiah 12:3 Therefore you will joyously draw water from the springs of salvation, during the Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot. The Jewish holiday is a reminder to the Jewish people they lived in tents after the Exodus from Egypt. In addition, the Feast of...